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Broadway veteran composer Henry Krieger (Grammy winner, Tony and Oscar Award Nominee) teams up with librettist Susan J. Vitucci in this delightful romp through the life and loves of La Pulcina Piccola, Chicken Little, that is. Sung in Italian, Love's Fowl is a rich helping of the human -- chicken -- comedy; a picaresque tale of mass murder, crime passionel, a sensational trial, tragic love, liaisons dangereuses, show business, shipwreck on the high seas, adventure on the lone prairie, and an excursion into the spirit world beyond the grave. Visit La Pulcina Piccola's fan website at https://www.tradebit.com

The New York Times calls Love's Fowl, â...wacky and wise, melodic and mischievous... simultaneously silly and smartâ with a "canny and clever libretto and sprightly music."

This American Life says, âChicken Little, star of an opera performed with dressed-up Styrofoam balls, sung in Italian, which makes grown men cry.â

CHICKEN LITTLE
What is love?
Oh, lover, what is it?
A familiar friend,
Kind and dear
We are the first lovers --
Our love will last forever.
It's always the first
It's always new
It's always forever
And it's always you.

(Their relationship doesnât last. Soon thereafter, an acorn falls upon La Pulcinaâs head. She determines that the sky is falling. She tells her friend, Goosey Loosey and they decide to go and tell the king. On their way the meet Ducky Lucky, Turkey Lurkey and the Big Red Hen. They all want to come along. As they continue on their journey, they meet Mr. Red Fox.

MR. RED FOX
Friends, dear friends,
It is a long journey.
Allow me to suggest...
Aren't you hungry?
Before we depart,
Wouldn't you like to come into my little kitchen?
Life is short, let's enjoy the journey
Come on into my little kitchen.

THE POULTRY
Life is short.
Let's enjoy the journey
Let's go
Into your little kitchen

CHICKEN LITTLE
Mr. Red fox,
You are most generous...
Kind and generous
Mr. Red Fox
And to you I say thank you.
Thank you, sir, but no.
Sir, Iâm sorry,
Dinner must wait.
We regret we cannot come
Into your little kitchen.
Now, my friends
The mission calls.
Let's tell the news
To the king.
A bit of sky has fallen
On my little head.
Let's tell the news,
The news to the king.
We're off, friends!
Let's go to the king.

THE POULTRY
Go on ahead, Chickie Little,
We won't go now
To tell the king about the sky
That fell on your head.
Life is short.
We want to enjoy ourselves
Along the way to the king.
For now, we'll eat:
A bite, a snack, a feast
In Mr. Red Fox's kitchen.
Good-bye, Chickie Little,
Go onward to the king!

CHICKEN LITTLE
Good-bye, friends,
The mission calls me.
And so I regret that I cannot wait.
Life is short
And it waits for nothing.
I'll go alone to tell the king.
Farewell, I go on alone.
Farewell, I must be going.
Farewell, farewell, farewell!

(LA PULCINA PICCOLA exits.)

MR. RED FOX
Farewell, Chickie.
Have a good trip! Bye!
Now, to the feast,
To the feast, my friends.
Go on ahead to
My little kitchen!

THE POULTRY
Let's go on to
Your little kitchen
Life is short,
To the feast! To the feast!
Let's go on to
Your little kitchen!

(MR. RED FOX exits dancing and the birds follow. He soon returns with his dinner on a tray.)

CHICKEN LITTLE
What is love?
Oh, lover, what is it?
A cockfighter,
Brawny and thick,
You will be my love Above all.
We'll dance 'Til the end of time.
It's always the first;
It's always new
It's always forever
And it's always you.

(Their passion burns too brightly to endure. La Pulcina consoles herself with a career on the stage, and, later, a career in politics. Her supporters rally.)

CHICKEN LITTLE
Who has done this? Who has done this?
Who has done this evil deed?
Wrenched from my heart,
Cock Tobin is lost to this life.
Who can explain it? Who can explain it?
Who can explain this great wickedness?
Now with one little kiss,
I bid you farewell, my love.
Now your spirit lives only in my soul.
Where shall I go?
How do I continue, my heart?
Courage, Chickie Little,
There is still one reason to live:
Justice!
Justice!
Revenge!!

(In her sorrow, La Pulcina retreated far from society to a tiny island in the South Seas. Yet, even there she finds no solace. She takes to the sea to calm her troubled soul.)

CHICKEN LITTLE
It is true that a chicken
Neither swims nor flies,
But the sea calls to me
As surely as the sky.
Here upon the tranquil sea
I will find serenity --
Here will I find my way
To composure and
Peace of mind.
Alas!
The sea is getting rough!
And the sky is growing dark!
This is a fine stew
For a tender chicken!
The thunder! The lightning!
The wave overwhelms me! Pray this ain't the time for
Luck to forsake me!

(Her boat sinks during the storm. La Pulcina survives.)

Truly, a chicken
Neither swims nor flies --
Both the sea and the sky
To the chicken are denied
I will not find refuge
Upon the stormy waves
From weather
Nor from sorrow.
I must seek safe harbor and
Peace of mind.

CHICKEN LITTLE
I am a young chick
And Iâm not dying for love.
My heart is as full
As the egg from which I was born.
And now, for the finale,
Affectionately,
I say good-bye, my friends,
And I depart for the divine.

Fine/The End
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Artist Biographies
Susan J. Vitucci is best known as librettist, director, puppet designer, and performer of the acclaimed puppet operetta Loveâs Fowl, gained wide recognition from a feature story that is often rebroadcast on public radioâs âThis American Lifeâ. Loveâs Fowl enjoyed a successful run at New York Theatre Workshop and has toured the U.S. at venues including the Spoleto USA Festival 2004 and in Oregon at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art's Time Based Art festival. Susan's Loveâs Fowl puppets were nominated for American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award. Susan is currently at work on a new puppet operetta, Small Fish, with music by Henry Krieger, and is writing âThe Sisters Millay,â a play with songs about Edna St. Vincent Millay and her sisters. She is on the advisory board and often works with the 52nd Street Project, a program which pairs children from New York's Clinton neighborhood with theatrical professionals to make theatre, and edited the Project's 52 Pick-up: A Guide to Making Theater with Children by Willie Reale. A long-time member of Ensemble Studio Theatreâs playwrights unit, and a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, Susan also has had fellowships at MacDowell Colony and VCCA, and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Henry Krieger began composing for Off-Broadway while in his â20s, during which time he met lyricist Tom Eyen. Together they created the score for the landmark 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, which received six Tony Awards. Mr. Krieger won a Tony nomination for his score to Dreamgirls, as well as the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album. Two years later, his musical The Tap Dance Kid opened on Broadway, earning a pair of Tony Awards. He collaborated with Bill Russell on the Broadway musical Side Show (1997, for which he earned another Tony Award nomination for Best Score) and the regional musicals, Everything's Ducky (2000; revised as Lucky Duck in 2004), and Kept (2002), a modern re-telling of the Camille story. Krieger and Russell also wrote âSanta's Gonna Rock And Roll,â the opening number of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular for over a decade, and they were also commissioned to write âTake The Flame,â for the opening and closing ceremonies of Gay Games IV. With lyricist Susan Birkenhead, he recently contributed two songs to Hats!, the musical revue of the Red Hat Society. Upcoming projects for Henry Krieger include Broadway musical versions of the films The Flamingo Kid, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Moonstruck. In 2006, Dreamgirls was made into a major feature film, with songs by Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen and others.

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